NAME

       inmidas - MIDAS start-up procedure for users.

SYNOPSIS

       inmidas [ unit ] [ -h midashome ] [ -r midvers ]
       [ -d display ] [ -m mid_work ] [ -p/-P/-nop ] [ -noh ]
       [ -j midas-command-line ] [ -help ]

DESCRIPTION

       inmidas starts a new MIDAS session.

       Without arguments, inmidas initiates a MIDAS session with default definitions.  Some of these definitions
       can be modified with arguments in the command line of inmidas or by environment variables.  Arguments  in
       the command line are taken with preference to environment variables.

OPTIONS

       inmidas  has  been configured by the operator at installation time to start a release of MIDAS located in
       $MIDASHOME0/$MIDVERS0 (defined internally in the script).  However alternative releases can be  specified
       using the:

       -h midashome
              Home  directory  for  MIDAS.  Absolute pathname containing, at least, one release of MIDAS. It may
              also contain subdirectories for demo and calibration data.

       -r midvers
              Release of MIDAS to be executed. It must be a subdirectory under midashome.

       -d display
              Specifies another X server for the display and graphical MIDAS windows ( NOTE: be aware of allowed
              access to a remote X server using the xhost(1) command.)

       -p/-P/-nop
              Options  -p and -P set the MIDAS environment variable MIDOPTION to PARALLEL while option -nop sets
              it to NOPARALLEL (default: NOPARALLEL).  In NOPARALLEL mode all intermediate MIDAS  working  files
              in  the  MIDAS startup directory are deleted when starting MIDAS via inmidas.  In PARALLEL mode no
              intermediate files are deleted, and this is necessary to run several MIDAS sessions with the  same
              startup  directory.   With -P option and if not unit is given the system will select automatically
              one free unit for you. With -p option and no unit , the user will be requested to enter one.

       unit   Unit to be associated to the MIDAS session (default: 00 only if MIDAS  is  working  in  NOPARALLEL
              mode).  Valid  values  for  this  option  are  in  the  range (00, 01, ..., 99, xa, ..., zz) where
              numerical values indicates that the user is working on a X11 environment (DISPLAY  environment  or
              argument  -d  should be given), and the rest indicates an ASCII or graphical terminals others than
              X11.

       -m mid_work
              Specifies the MIDAS startup directory (default: $HOME/midwork). MIDAS will create  this  directory
              if  it  does  not  exist and writes in there temporary files used by MIDAS (e.g.: FORGRnn.LOG that
              logs the MIDAS session). It is  also  the  directory  for  automatic  start  procedures  like  the
              "login.prg" file and for the "devices.sh" file containing particular MIDAS device-names defined by
              users.  At the end of the MIDAS session inmidas will saved the MIDAS  session  in  a  hidden  file
              located  in  this  directory.   This file will be then used later by the gomidas command to resume
              this MIDAS session where it exited.

       -noh   Starts MIDAS without clearing the terminal and without any welcome message.

       -j midas command line
              midas-command-line will be executed in MIDAS as if it were the first command  line  typed  in  the
              MIDAS  monitor.  This  option  sets  also  -noh  option.  NOTE: midas-command-line should be typed
              between single quotes to be interpreted by inmidas as a single argument and to be  passed  to  the
              MIDAS monitor as it is.

       -help  Display a brief description of all options and exits quietly.

ENVIRONMENT

       inmidas  can  also use the following definitions in the environment with the same performance as previous
       described arguments.
       NOTE: Arguments in the inmidas command line are taken with preference to environment variables.

       MIDASHOME
              Home directory for MIDAS.

       MIDVERS
              Release of MIDAS.

       DISPLAY
              X server for the display and graphical MIDAS windows.

       MIDOPTION
              Set to PARALLEL or NOPARALLEL.

       MID_WORK
              Startup directory for MIDAS.

SEE ALSO

       gomidas(1)